• Ethical thinking and decision-making in the leadership of professional learning communities 

      Ballangrud, Brit Bolken; Aas, Marit (Educational Research;Volume 64, 2022 - Issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-16)
      Background: Despite widespread interest in the leadership and establishment of professional learning communities (PLCs), the ethical dimension may be overlooked. This article examines, in a Norwegian context, how principals ...
    • Group coaching that promotes self-Efficacy and role clarity among school leaders 

      Brandmo, Christian; Aas, Marit; Colbjørnsen, Tor; Olsen, Rolf (Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research;Published online 29 Aug 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-20)
      Group coaching is emerging as an approach with a strong potential for developing leadership competencies. However, there is little research on its use in the professional training of school leaders. In this study, we ...
    • How school leaders can gain role clarity and grow their leadership identity 

      Aas, Marit; Andersen, Fred Carlo; Vennebo, Kirsten Foshaug (Research in Educational Administration and Leadership;Volume: 5, Issue: 2/June 2020, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-10-02)
      Over the past decades, principals have experienced an increased pressure emanating from the responsibility for managing change and building organisations, whilst striving to improve students’ learning outcomes (Abrahamsen, ...
    • Leadership and change in a Norwegian school context: Tensions as productive driving forces. 

      Vennebo, Kirsten Foshaug; Aas, Marit (Educational Management Administration & Leadership;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-29)
      This article examines the leadership of school principals who, based on the narrative case of the Blueberry School, discuss how they as principals would have responded to a similar problematic situation regarding a school ...
    • Leading professional group discussions: a challenge for principals? 

      Vennebo, Kirsten Foshaug; Aas, Marit (International Journal of Leadership in Education;Published online 22 Feb 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Developing collective professional capacity in schools is viewed as important for improving schools. Furthermore, principals are seen as being in a key position to promote the development of collective capacity. Although ...
    • A supportive tool for principals in guiding professional group discussions. 

      Vennebo, Kirsten Foshaug; Aas, Marit (Educational Research;Volume 62, 2020 - Issue 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-30)
      Background: Developing collective professional capacities in schools is important for school improvement, and principals can initiate such developments. That is, by initiating and leading professional group discussions on ...